David E. Evans, age 49 of Windsor, Missouri passed away Monday, September 8, 2008 at University Hospital, Columbia, Missouri. Memorial services will be 4:00 P.M., Saturday, September 13, 2008 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, Missouri. Family suggests contributions to the David E. Evans Memorial Fund and may be left at the funeral home. Fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

He was born July 18, 1959 in Henry County, Missouri, the son of Forest A. and Peggy L. Miller Evans. He was married to Tammie Kay Wassam on December 6, 1992 in Windsor, Missouri.

The family lived in Windsor and on a farm south of Windsor during most of his life. He graduated from Lincoln High School. After high school he joined the Navy. In l997 he graduated from State Fair Community College in Sedalia with a professional certificate in Practical Nursing and became a LPN. He worked as a nurse aide and practical nurse in various long term care facilities in the area.

After his health failed in 2003, he became a stay-at-home Dad and cared for his two boys. David enjoyed reading including scripture reading. He loved to hunt and gunsmith. He enjoyed caring for others as a nurse.

He was a member of the Hickory Chapel Methodist Church.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Peggy L. Evans and his grandparents, Forest and Silvie Evans and Chester and Martha Miller.

He is survived by his wife, Tammie Evans and two sons, Forest Wesley Evans and Thomas Everett Evans of the home and his father, Forest A. Evans and wife, Martha of rural Lincoln, Missouri.